Mónica Zalaquett

Mónica Beatriz Zalaquett Said (born 4 May 1962) is a Chilean business and political communicator. From 2010 to 2014, she was a deputy of the 20th District by the Independent Democratic Union (UDI).

Between 2020 and 2022, she served as Minister of Women and Gender Equity under the second government of Sebastián Piñera, replacing Macarena Santelices.

In the early 1980s, she moved to Bolivia, where in 1986 she founded the silver jewelry company Rafaella Pitti, which exports its products internationally. She also hosted family-oriented television programs on ATB-Red Nacional. Between 1984 and 1985, she served as commercial manager of the Sheraton Hotel, and between 1985 and 1986 as commercial manager of LAN Chile. That same year, she worked on the campaign of Pablo Zalaquett, who was elected mayor of La Florida. and assumed office on 11 March 2010.

During her tenure as a deputy, she chaired the Chamber’s Tourism Commission in 2012 and 2013. In that role, she worked with various private-sector tourism organizations and participated in commission sessions held in different regions of the country. She supported the approval of a labor adaptability bill for the tourism sector.